Following an overview chapter, the next seven chapters cover research skills including writing literature reviews, choosing topics and formulating questions,working with human subjects, collecting and analyzing data, citing sources and disseminating results. A wide variety of sub-disciplines follow in chapters 9-16 with sample project ideas from each, as well as undergraduate research conference abstracts. The final chapter is an annotated guide to online resources. All chapters begin with inspiring quotations and end with relevant discussion questions.
Lucia Ricciardelli is Associate Professor of Film Studies at Montana State University.
Jenny Olin Shanahan
is Director of Undergraduate Research at Bridgewater State University, with leadership positions in the Council for Undergraduate Research.Gregory Young
is Professor of Music at Montana State University and has held ongoing posts in conferences in undergraduate research and in curriculum development.